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Phil was the guy that had the large beer gut and owned the food wagon, breath smelled of fish if I remember correctly. Shitty Bill, I have forgotten about him. Bubbles and Jay-Rock's porn industry. Good stuff.

The humor was off-center, sort of like this place. Lahey was pain and slowed down the show sometimes and the boys could never win in the end. Every season ended with them in the slammer. Ricky's car with the missing door. The guy was a doofus and a playa at the same time. "I got my grade 10!"

TPB's, for what it is, is pretty well written imo. A solid mockumentary.

Peep Show is another of my favs. But it's really an all or one show. You either like it, or it sucks.

If anyone has any suggestions for great viewing that is out of market, I'd appreciate it.

Comic Strip presents is a good one from the early 80's in the UK. Best episode is "Mr. jolly lives next door". Also, 'A Bit of Fry and Laurie' is pretty funny, too.

Second that. Mr Jolly Lives Next Door is phenomenal, as is much of what the Comic Strip, Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson have done.

Nathan Barley was great - I don't know if it works as well if you haven't lived in London, or any other 'hip' cityIf you have a family I'd recommend Outnumbered, especially the first few series.As you mention, Peep Show is good.

For non-UK, I'm a huge fan of Back of the Y (New Zealand). Summerheights High (Australia) is pretty sweet too.

If you liked Summerheights High, the same guy did something a couple of years ago called "Angry Boys" which is worth a watch. Again, probably a love it/hate it kind of thing.

If you think IT Crowd is weird humour, then there are a couple of BBC shows that you have to watch - League of Gentlemen and Psychoville. I love IT Crowd (the "Countdown" episode is one of the funniest things I have ever seen), but it's not even in the foothills of weird compared to those shows.

I also met a group of Americans who thought another UK comedy, The Mighty Boosh, was fantastic. I never really thought that would work for America, but they loved it (although for some reason they thought it was German).

Actually, just noticed we are 20 posts in and no one has mentioned Flight of the Conchords? Although those guys are from New Zealand, I'm sure HBO were involved with the making of the show, so you should be able to get it quite easily in the US?

cdallan wrote:If you liked Summerheights High, the same guy did something a couple of years ago called "Angry Boys" which is worth a watch. Again, probably a love it/hate it kind of thing.

If you think IT Crowd is weird humour, then there are a couple of BBC shows that you have to watch - League of Gentlemen and Psychoville. I love IT Crowd (the "Countdown" episode is one of the funniest things I have ever seen), but it's not even in the foothills of weird compared to those shows.

I also met a group of Americans who thought another UK comedy, The Mighty Boosh, was fantastic. I never really thought that would work for America, but they loved it (although for some reason they thought it was German).

The Mighty Boosh was ok (some episodes were fantastic, to be fair) but Noel Fielding gets on my tits.

I saw Hot Fuzz again the other day which reminded me that another viewing of Spaced is in order.